Orlando Aloysius Battista Quotes

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.

It's not easy not to play.

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.

I hate exercising self-control.

Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.

I can't resist temptation of any kind.

When self control is lacking in small things, the ability to apply it to matters of importance withers away. Every day in which one does not at least deny himself some trifle is badly spent and a threat to the day following.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.

I wish I didn't like sweets as much as I do. I wish I didn't get carried away sometimes.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.